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Not just the lungs of the world: Lessons from Yasuni ITT

Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies and School of Archaeology and Anthropology present:

Not just the lungs of the world: Lessons from Yasuni ITT

26 October 2011 – 6pm – 8pmManning Clark Centre Theatre 3, ANU

This seminar focuses on the global common good embodied in the Yasuni National Park, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Although much of the popular debate about the Yasuni ITT Initiative revolves around the reduction of CO2 emissions, the most valuable aspect is the protection of the area’s biodiversity and the upholding of the rights of Indigenous peoples. Taking this perspective moves the global community toward a system of accountability for all environmental degradation.